Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri on Friday, January 26 rejected a suggestion emanating from the House of Representatives for the Senate to conduct its own People’s Initiative (PI) campaign that would take up the restrictive economic provisions in the 1987 Constitution. ...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (left), House Speaker Martin Romualdez (Speaker’s office) Like an angry class adviser, House Speaker Martin Romualdez has told the country’s senators to "Get your act together and focus on your...
House Speaker Martin Romualdez (left), Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri (Speaker’s office) The House of Representatives remains in "full support" of the Senate's Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No.6, which seeks Charter change (Cha-cha). ...
The Senate has formally issued a manifesto strongly expressing their opposition to the ongoing attempts to change the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative describing such moves as a “brazen attempt to violate the Constitution, the country, and our people.” The manifesto is signed...
Speculations that the House of Representatives (HOR) is behind the initiative to amend the 1987 Constitution through a People’s Initiative (PI) has sparked disinterest among senators to pursue the joint resolution that seeks to review economic provisions in the existing Charter. This was...
Deviating from its original plan, the Senate on Monday, January 22 referred "Resolution of Both Houses (RBH) No. 6 proposing amendments to Articles XII, XIV and XVI of the 1987 Constitution" to the Senate Committee on Constitutional Amendments and Revision of Codes chaired by Sen. Robinhood...
Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva expressed concern on the continuous push for People's Initiative (PI) to amend the existing Charter and reminded the public that they shouldn't be bought, paid, or taken advantage of in exchange for their signature. "Kung meron pong nagoyo, nabudol,...
Sen. Pia Cayetano will be the new chairperson of the Senate Blue Ribbon Committee, the first female to head the said post. During the Senate's first plenary session for the year, Senate Majority Leader Joel Villanueva mentioned that they had received the resignation letter of Sen. Francis Tolentino...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said on Friday, Jan. 19 that the Senate takes due notice and respects the decision of the Sandiganbayan on the cases filed against Sen. Jinggoy Estrada. In a statement, he added that the Senate also recognizes the fact that there are still legal remedies...
Senate President Juan Miguel "Migz" Zubiri said that he is prepared to "risk" his position in the upper chamber should the push to amend the 1987 Constitution go beyond economic provisions. Zubiri allayed fears that political revisions to the existing Charter may be proposed in the Senate's journey...
For Senate Minority Leader Aquilino "Koko" Pimentel III, the procedure of amending the 1987 Charter as announced recently is too hasty and must be reviewed. "Para sakin masyadong shortcut. Ni wala kaming exchange of ideas with members of the House (of Representatives). Puwede sanang ganun may...
Senators on Tuesday, January 16 expressed their support to Senate President Juan Miguel “Migz” Zubiri for leading the filing a Senate resolution that seeks to pursue amendments to the 1987 Constitution, but only limited to revisions in its economic provisions. Senate President Juan Miguel...
